Nude Awakenings: Early Dynastic Nude Female Iconography
This article considers the earliest examples of so-called Nude Female iconography that emerged in Mesopotamia in the Early Dynastic period, with a particular focus on the aspects of nudity and gesture. Rather than concluding that these images represent goddesses or concepts such as fertility, the da...
| Published in: | Near Eastern archaeology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2022
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2022, Volume: 85, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-43 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iconography
/ Nakedness
/ Gesture
/ Gender
/ Mesopotamia
/ Geschichte 3.-2.Jt.v.Chr.
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HA Bible |
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| Summary: | This article considers the earliest examples of so-called Nude Female iconography that emerged in Mesopotamia in the Early Dynastic period, with a particular focus on the aspects of nudity and gesture. Rather than concluding that these images represent goddesses or concepts such as fertility, the data reveal that in the Early Dynastic period female nudity was no different than male nudity. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/718192 |